A study on China's education level and average age of first marriage

Abstract

China's fertility problem has attracted more and more attention, especially in the education level and the age of first marriage. Census data show that China's fertility rate from 2000 to 2020 tends to gradually decline, the age of first marriage is gradually postponed under the condition of different levels of education, and the childbearing age is also constantly postponed, in the short 20 years of a sharp decline in fertility, China's fertility policy has also been adjusted. However, at present, the change of the birth policy has only brought a very short-term effect, and the decline in the fertility rate is only a fact that cannot be changed by adjusting the birth policy. Therefore, based on the data of the fifth, sixth and seventh census data, this paper analyzes the change trend of average age of first marriage, the trend of education level and age of first marriage, the change trend of national average childbearing age and the average childbearing age of various regions in China. The study found that the average age of first marriage of the population in China continues to be postponed, the average age of first marriage in urban areas is higher than that in towns and villages, overall, the average age of first marriage of women in 2020 will reach 28.14 years old, and the average age of first marriage of men will reach 29.3 years; by 2020, with the improvement of education level, the age of first marriage of the population with postgraduate degrees will reach 44% at the age of 30 and later; The national average childbearing age increased from 25.91 years in 1990 to 28.91 years in 2022. In the seventh population census, the average childbearing age of each region was higher than that in Beijing, Shanghai, Shandong, Guangdong and Shaanxi, among which the average childbearing age in Beijing reached 31.51 years, Shanghai was 30.08 years, Shandong was 29.76 years, Guangdong was 29.38 years old, and Shaanxi was 29.53 years.